The metastasizing migrant catastrophe is not the result of famine or drought or disease; It is man-made and should have been ¬prevented

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: Thursday, September 10, 2015

 

The metastasizing migrant catastrophe is not the result of famine or drought or disease; It is man-made and should have been ­prevented

 

The photo of the dead Syrian child who washed ashore in Turkey is heartbreaking

admits the New York Post's Michael Goodwin,

as are the scenes of migrants throwing themselves on train tracks in Hungary and thousands of others shunning shelter for a long march to Austria and Germany.

The photos are also misleading. Their emotional power suggests the tragedy would end if only Europe opened its hearts and doors.

Not so. Millions, perhaps tens of millions, of destitute and desperate people want out of Syria, Libya, Afghanistan and other hellholes of the Middle East and North Africa. There is no visible end to the humanitarian crisis historians are calling the world’s worst since World War II, and the comparisons don’t end there.

Then and now, the waves of misery have a common root. This is what happens when genocidal maniacs are appeased and the West fails to confront them.